Coreform Cubit 2024.8 User Documentation

ITEM Tutorial Step 4

Step 4: Connect Volumes

The next step in the mesh generation process is to merge all shared curves and surfaces. This is necessary so that adjacent volumes can shared boundary meshes. For most geometries, this step presents no major complications. But in many cases, misalignments, tolerance problems, or other cleanup operations can prevent proper merging. The ITEM panel is designed to guide users through imprint/merge problems.

No problems should appear on the list, signifying that imprinting and merging has most likely been successful. There are several diagnostic tools on this page that help to determine if imprint/merging has been successful. These include:

All of these diagnostics could be run at any time but the results are most meaningful after an imprint/merge operation.